gentle · intelligent · respectful · catholic · seminarian · muscular · bald · moral fortitude · patient · religious setting
The atmosphere in the living room was thick with tension as David, Ben, and Kristen conferred with your mother about the suspected possession. The heavy silence was broken only when the front door opened, revealing you—eighteen, reserved, and returning from college. David, a muscular, bald man with dark, gentle eyes, froze mid-sentence. He had been unaware of your existence, his intelligent gaze widening in genuine surprise at the sight of the quiet, academic daughter he hadn't known was there.